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| Democratic race moves on to California as Sanders and Clinton split wins – live | Democratic race moves on to California as Sanders and Clinton split wins – live |
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| Trump ranks Ferguson, Oakland among world's most dangerous places | |
| In a profile of Donald Trump in the New York Times magazine, journalist Robert Draper catches the candidate watching footage on Fox News of the aftermath of a bombing attack in Baghdad. Trump murmurs, “Boy, this Isis.” | |
| “I asked Trump if he had ever been to Iraq,” Draper writes: | |
| “Never!” he said, sounding horrified by the thought. | |
| “What’s the most dangerous place in the world you’ve been to?” | |
| He contemplated this for a second. “Brooklyn,” he said, laughing. “No,” he went on, “there are places in America that are among the most dangerous in the world. You go to places like Oakland. Or Ferguson. The crime numbers are worse. Seriously.” | |
| It was a stark reminder of what set Trump apart from every other politician in recent memory who had occupied his current position: how little of the world he had seen beyond the archipelago of boardrooms, golf courses and high-rise hotels he inhabited, how utterances that by now would have torpedoed a more normal campaign continued to roll off his tongue with impunity. | |
| Read the full piece here. | |
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| Sanders’ top surrogate in the senate says the Democratic challenger is winning the fur-and-feathers vote: | |
| .@SenJeffMerkley: Even the animal kingdom is recognizing the strength of @BernieSanders' ideas #AMR @MSNBC | |
| There’s supporting evidence: | |
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| Donald Trump will require vice presidential prospects to turn over their tax returns as part of the vetting process, NBC News reports. Trump himself has refused to make his tax returns public. | Donald Trump will require vice presidential prospects to turn over their tax returns as part of the vetting process, NBC News reports. Trump himself has refused to make his tax returns public. |
| More from @KatyTurNBC on Trump's VP tax request: pic.twitter.com/hdTlGEWPfr | More from @KatyTurNBC on Trump's VP tax request: pic.twitter.com/hdTlGEWPfr |
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| Clinton vote lead edges above 3m | Clinton vote lead edges above 3m |
| Hillary Clinton’s popular-vote lead on Bernie Sanders has edged past 3m: it’s now 12,971,797 for Clinton to 9,924,944 for Sanders, according to the Real Clear Politics tally, for a margin of 3,046,853. | Hillary Clinton’s popular-vote lead on Bernie Sanders has edged past 3m: it’s now 12,971,797 for Clinton to 9,924,944 for Sanders, according to the Real Clear Politics tally, for a margin of 3,046,853. |
| Sanders gained four pledged delegates on Clinton last night, thanks to his nine-point win in Oregon, according to AP estimates. But Clinton leads Sanders by 279 pledged delegates and by 763 delegates when you include superdelegates: | Sanders gained four pledged delegates on Clinton last night, thanks to his nine-point win in Oregon, according to AP estimates. But Clinton leads Sanders by 279 pledged delegates and by 763 delegates when you include superdelegates: |
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| Clinton raked in royalties, speaking fees before launching bid | Clinton raked in royalties, speaking fees before launching bid |
| The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce paid Hillary Clinton $150,000 for one speech last year and co-sponsored two other speeches by Clinton in Canada, according to a personal financial disclosure form released Tuesday by the Democratic presidential candidate. | The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce paid Hillary Clinton $150,000 for one speech last year and co-sponsored two other speeches by Clinton in Canada, according to a personal financial disclosure form released Tuesday by the Democratic presidential candidate. |
| Clinton additionally earned more than $5m in royalties in 2015 from her second memoir, Hard Choices, and she earned about $1.5m in speaking fees before launching her candidacy halfway through the year, according to an Associated Press analysis of the personal disclosure form. | Clinton additionally earned more than $5m in royalties in 2015 from her second memoir, Hard Choices, and she earned about $1.5m in speaking fees before launching her candidacy halfway through the year, according to an Associated Press analysis of the personal disclosure form. |
| The form also lists speeches Bill Clinton gave in 2015 in exchange for payments from a Swiss-based bank, a tech firm, an investment firm and a trade and lobbying group. Bill Clinton also drew an undisclosed income from consulting work with a Dubai-based charitable foundation that in the past has paid him $5.6m, according to tax returns. | The form also lists speeches Bill Clinton gave in 2015 in exchange for payments from a Swiss-based bank, a tech firm, an investment firm and a trade and lobbying group. Bill Clinton also drew an undisclosed income from consulting work with a Dubai-based charitable foundation that in the past has paid him $5.6m, according to tax returns. |
| The Clinton campaign released the form hours after likely presidential rival Donald Trump released his own form, boasting about how many pages it was and claiming that it showed he was worth $10bn. The forms are crude tools for indicating net worth because income is reported in ranges and certain property holdings, retirement accounts and other assets and potential liabilities are excluded. | The Clinton campaign released the form hours after likely presidential rival Donald Trump released his own form, boasting about how many pages it was and claiming that it showed he was worth $10bn. The forms are crude tools for indicating net worth because income is reported in ranges and certain property holdings, retirement accounts and other assets and potential liabilities are excluded. |
| “Despite the fact that I am allowed extensions, I have again filed my report, which is 104 pages, on time,” Trump said in a statement upon releasing his form. | “Despite the fact that I am allowed extensions, I have again filed my report, which is 104 pages, on time,” Trump said in a statement upon releasing his form. |
| Clinton spokeswoman Christina Reynolds ridiculed Trump for congratulating himself for releasing the form. | Clinton spokeswoman Christina Reynolds ridiculed Trump for congratulating himself for releasing the form. |
| “Despite Donald Trump’s boasting, submitting his personal financial disclosure form is no breakthrough for transparency,” Reynolds said. “The true test for Donald Trump is whether he will adhere to the precedent followed by every presidential candidate in the modern era and make his tax returns available, as Hillary Clinton has done.” | “Despite Donald Trump’s boasting, submitting his personal financial disclosure form is no breakthrough for transparency,” Reynolds said. “The true test for Donald Trump is whether he will adhere to the precedent followed by every presidential candidate in the modern era and make his tax returns available, as Hillary Clinton has done.” |
| The Associated Press reports further disclosures in Clinton’s financial disclosure form: | The Associated Press reports further disclosures in Clinton’s financial disclosure form: |
| In all, Clinton made at least 94 appearances before corporate and other special interests between 2013 and 2015, earning more than $21.6 million for her services. A review of federal records, regulatory filings and correspondence by The Associated Press showed that almost all the 82 corporations, trade associations and other groups that paid for or sponsored Clinton’s speeches have actively sought to sway the government — lobbying, bidding for contracts, commenting on federal policy and in some cases contacting State Department officials or Clinton herself during her tenure as secretary of state. | In all, Clinton made at least 94 appearances before corporate and other special interests between 2013 and 2015, earning more than $21.6 million for her services. A review of federal records, regulatory filings and correspondence by The Associated Press showed that almost all the 82 corporations, trade associations and other groups that paid for or sponsored Clinton’s speeches have actively sought to sway the government — lobbying, bidding for contracts, commenting on federal policy and in some cases contacting State Department officials or Clinton herself during her tenure as secretary of state. |
| Bill Clinton listed a February 2015 appearance in Nashville, Tennessee, for UBS Wealth Management Americas — a Swiss international bank that Hillary Clinton also spoke to in July 2013. Among his other speech clients in 2015 were Apollo Management Holdings, L.P., an investment firm that his wife also spoke to; the tech firm Oracle Corp.; and the National Association of Manufacturers, a trade and lobbying group. | Bill Clinton listed a February 2015 appearance in Nashville, Tennessee, for UBS Wealth Management Americas — a Swiss international bank that Hillary Clinton also spoke to in July 2013. Among his other speech clients in 2015 were Apollo Management Holdings, L.P., an investment firm that his wife also spoke to; the tech firm Oracle Corp.; and the National Association of Manufacturers, a trade and lobbying group. |
| Hillary Clinton’s disclosure also shows that her husband made an undisclosed amount of money last year in consulting roles for two international interests — the Dubai-based Varkey GEMS Foundation and Laureate Education Inc., a global for-profit education firm. Bill Clinton ended his relationship with Laureate last year after earning $16.5 million as the operation’s honorary chancellor, according to previously released Clinton tax records. Bill Clinton also has made more than $5.6 million in an honorary role for the GEMS foundation. | Hillary Clinton’s disclosure also shows that her husband made an undisclosed amount of money last year in consulting roles for two international interests — the Dubai-based Varkey GEMS Foundation and Laureate Education Inc., a global for-profit education firm. Bill Clinton ended his relationship with Laureate last year after earning $16.5 million as the operation’s honorary chancellor, according to previously released Clinton tax records. Bill Clinton also has made more than $5.6 million in an honorary role for the GEMS foundation. |
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| Kentucky clerk declares all votes are in, including elusive 'ghost precincts' | Kentucky clerk declares all votes are in, including elusive 'ghost precincts' |
| Dan Roberts | Dan Roberts |
| Anyone wondering why the result of the Kentucky primary has not been officially declared by Associated Press, which is usually the semi-official arbiter of these things, might want to look to Kenton County, a suburb of Cincinnati in the north of the state, writes Guardian Washington bureau chief Dan Roberts: | Anyone wondering why the result of the Kentucky primary has not been officially declared by Associated Press, which is usually the semi-official arbiter of these things, might want to look to Kenton County, a suburb of Cincinnati in the north of the state, writes Guardian Washington bureau chief Dan Roberts: |
| According to the county’s “cumulative report”, only 103 of its 107 precincts have reported. This is what is showing on the results maps used by The Guardian and others, which rely on AP data. It may be also be why people are reluctant to declare a state-wide win for Hillary Clinton, who is just 1,923 votes ahead of Bernie Sanders at the state level. | According to the county’s “cumulative report”, only 103 of its 107 precincts have reported. This is what is showing on the results maps used by The Guardian and others, which rely on AP data. It may be also be why people are reluctant to declare a state-wide win for Hillary Clinton, who is just 1,923 votes ahead of Bernie Sanders at the state level. |
| What is confusing however, is that the Kentucky Secretary of State’s office preliminary records show that all the Kenton County precincts are in, but lists only 105. | What is confusing however, is that the Kentucky Secretary of State’s office preliminary records show that all the Kenton County precincts are in, but lists only 105. |
| I just spoke to the county clerk in Kenton, Gabrielle Summe, who appears to have cleared up the discrepancy and says all the primary election votes are in. | I just spoke to the county clerk in Kenton, Gabrielle Summe, who appears to have cleared up the discrepancy and says all the primary election votes are in. |
| She blames the delay on a computer glitch, caused primarily by the fact that Kenton includes two “ghost” precincts in its total, which do not have any voters in the them and are not counted by the state. Ghost precincts are usually tiny strips of land in between areas where people live that are created in an effort to clean up the electoral map by, for example, making House and Senate districts contiguous. | She blames the delay on a computer glitch, caused primarily by the fact that Kenton includes two “ghost” precincts in its total, which do not have any voters in the them and are not counted by the state. Ghost precincts are usually tiny strips of land in between areas where people live that are created in an effort to clean up the electoral map by, for example, making House and Senate districts contiguous. |
| Another tiny precinct only has a handful of voters, none of whom showed up, but is confusing the system by recording a zero. The fourth missing “precinct” is not actually a precinct at all, rather an amalgam of all the absentee voters, who have now been allocated to the respective home precincts. | Another tiny precinct only has a handful of voters, none of whom showed up, but is confusing the system by recording a zero. The fourth missing “precinct” is not actually a precinct at all, rather an amalgam of all the absentee voters, who have now been allocated to the respective home precincts. |
| To make matters more confusing there was also a legal dispute over the residency status of one of the candidates in a local election, which meant its results have had to be redacted pending a court challenge. | To make matters more confusing there was also a legal dispute over the residency status of one of the candidates in a local election, which meant its results have had to be redacted pending a court challenge. |
| All in all, Summe tells the Guardian “all my results are in” and is insistent there are no missing votes still out there that could affect the state-wide result. Given that Clinton was the winner locally, it seems all but impossible this county could be the source of sufficient votes to make a difference. | All in all, Summe tells the Guardian “all my results are in” and is insistent there are no missing votes still out there that could affect the state-wide result. Given that Clinton was the winner locally, it seems all but impossible this county could be the source of sufficient votes to make a difference. |
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| Ivanka Trump: dad 'not a groper' | Ivanka Trump: dad 'not a groper' |
| A day after Melania Trump confirmed that husband Donald Trump is “not Hitler,” Trump daughter Ivanka tells CBS News that he’s not a groper either. | A day after Melania Trump confirmed that husband Donald Trump is “not Hitler,” Trump daughter Ivanka tells CBS News that he’s not a groper either. |
| He’s “not a groper. It’s not who he is,” Ivanka Trump told “CBS This Morning”. | He’s “not a groper. It’s not who he is,” Ivanka Trump told “CBS This Morning”. |
| A New York Times piece published at the weekend quoted some women from Trump’s past as saying that the businessman had made unwanted or aggressive sexual advances. One said he gave her a “gross” kiss on the lips. Another said Trump was “groping me under the table” during a weird dinner business meeting. The article also quoted women as saying that Trump is obsessed with women’s bodies and talks about them a lot. | A New York Times piece published at the weekend quoted some women from Trump’s past as saying that the businessman had made unwanted or aggressive sexual advances. One said he gave her a “gross” kiss on the lips. Another said Trump was “groping me under the table” during a weird dinner business meeting. The article also quoted women as saying that Trump is obsessed with women’s bodies and talks about them a lot. |
| Ivanka Trump on Wednesday denied that Trump frequently comments on women’s bodies and appearances. Which means among other things that she was not a regular listener to the Howard Stern show in the late 1990s and early 2000s. | Ivanka Trump on Wednesday denied that Trump frequently comments on women’s bodies and appearances. Which means among other things that she was not a regular listener to the Howard Stern show in the late 1990s and early 2000s. |
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| The Latino vote and Donald Trump | The Latino vote and Donald Trump |
| From Florida to Nevada, Arizona to Iowa, and countless other states beyond, there is evidence that the sleeping giant of the Latino vote is stirring, begins a new Guardian report on whether Latinos might swing the general election against Trump: | From Florida to Nevada, Arizona to Iowa, and countless other states beyond, there is evidence that the sleeping giant of the Latino vote is stirring, begins a new Guardian report on whether Latinos might swing the general election against Trump: |
| Trump’s favorability ratings with Hispanic voters are running at historic lows, while he faces an increasingly well-organized nationwide campaign to oppose him. | Trump’s favorability ratings with Hispanic voters are running at historic lows, while he faces an increasingly well-organized nationwide campaign to oppose him. |
| A Guardian exploration of three key swing states and survey of national Hispanic outreach groups has found that the presumptive Republican nominee faces an uphill struggle to repair the damage caused by his threats to deport all 11 million undocumented immigrants and build a wall with Mexico. | A Guardian exploration of three key swing states and survey of national Hispanic outreach groups has found that the presumptive Republican nominee faces an uphill struggle to repair the damage caused by his threats to deport all 11 million undocumented immigrants and build a wall with Mexico. |
| Related: Will Latino loathing of Trump drive a voter movement to swing the election? | Related: Will Latino loathing of Trump drive a voter movement to swing the election? |
| On the other hand... “despite the taco bowl embarrassment, despite his provocative remarks about “illegals” and murderous rapist Mexicans, there is a body of Hispanic Americans who remain among his most impassioned fans,” writes Ed Pilkington: | On the other hand... “despite the taco bowl embarrassment, despite his provocative remarks about “illegals” and murderous rapist Mexicans, there is a body of Hispanic Americans who remain among his most impassioned fans,” writes Ed Pilkington: |
| Take Luz Helena, a 40-year-old from Colombia who has lived for 17 years as a naturalized American citizen in Toms River, New Jersey. | Take Luz Helena, a 40-year-old from Colombia who has lived for 17 years as a naturalized American citizen in Toms River, New Jersey. |
| She told the Guardian: “I love and support Donald Trump100%.” | She told the Guardian: “I love and support Donald Trump100%.” |
| But wasn’t she upset by the candidate’s pledge to build a wall along the Mexican border? Not at all, she said. | But wasn’t she upset by the candidate’s pledge to build a wall along the Mexican border? Not at all, she said. |
| “When we came to this country we did it right. We paid our taxes and followed its laws. But everywhere you look, my people are abusing the law. They are illegal but they are having kids left and right because they want the benefits of living here.” | “When we came to this country we did it right. We paid our taxes and followed its laws. But everywhere you look, my people are abusing the law. They are illegal but they are having kids left and right because they want the benefits of living here.” |
| Read the full piece here: | Read the full piece here: |
| Related: Latinos for Trump: anatomy of an unlikely voter bloc | Related: Latinos for Trump: anatomy of an unlikely voter bloc |
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| Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders won the Oregon primary by about nine points on Tuesday night to slightly close his delegate gap with Hillary Clinton, who narrowly edged Sanders in the primary in Kentucky, according to the state’s secretary of state. The overall delegate picture for the Democrats changed little – they’re still headed for California. | Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders won the Oregon primary by about nine points on Tuesday night to slightly close his delegate gap with Hillary Clinton, who narrowly edged Sanders in the primary in Kentucky, according to the state’s secretary of state. The overall delegate picture for the Democrats changed little – they’re still headed for California. |
| Read our news coverage of primary night here: | Read our news coverage of primary night here: |
| Related: Bernie Sanders takes Oregon primary while Clinton claims Kentucky | Related: Bernie Sanders takes Oregon primary while Clinton claims Kentucky |
| Fox News host Megyn Kelly interviewed Donald Trump last night, confronting him about retweeting someone who called her a bimbo. He asked to be excused – in her heart, not from the room: | Fox News host Megyn Kelly interviewed Donald Trump last night, confronting him about retweeting someone who called her a bimbo. He asked to be excused – in her heart, not from the room: |
| Related: Donald Trump pleads ignorance to Megyn Kelly over 'bimbo' tweets: 'Did I say that?' | Related: Donald Trump pleads ignorance to Megyn Kelly over 'bimbo' tweets: 'Did I say that?' |
| The National Republican senatorial committee is out with a new attack ad against Clinton – and the Democratic senatorial candidates who would appear on the ballot with her – featuring whooshing names of past Clinton scandals and proclaiming her “the living embodiment of everything people hate about politics”. | The National Republican senatorial committee is out with a new attack ad against Clinton – and the Democratic senatorial candidates who would appear on the ballot with her – featuring whooshing names of past Clinton scandals and proclaiming her “the living embodiment of everything people hate about politics”. |
| Thanks as always for reading and please join us in the comments. | Thanks as always for reading and please join us in the comments. |